Radical criminology

How is society formed according to RC?

Through conflict, not consensus

Who claimed behaviour is on a continuum and that politics and morality affect crime/criminology?

Young, 1988

What did radical criminology believe needed to occur in society?

a collapse of capitolist moral values

What was the attitude towards materialism?

a growing dislike

During the time when radical criminology was becoming popular what state was the CJS in?

a more punitive approach rather than a restorative approach

What is crime a product of according to RC?

a product of both the working class and the powerful majority

What was radical criminology a response to?

capitolist society and the flaws of society

Where capitolism exists so does....

crime (the new criminology, 1973)

Crimes varies between to societies, why?

different society structures and economic demands

What is a flaw with the concept of capitolism feuling all crime?

economic drives are not always a part of offending.

What pressures was the american government facing?

feminism, anti-sepretists, vietnam war. Great social change

When did radical criminology become more popular and why?

in the 1970s with the increased popularisation of marxism

Radical criminology places responsibility on who?

society

What does RC believe in relation to capitolist society continuance?

that no society can continue with capitolist values and remain strong. Collapse is inevitable

The CJS was not made to deal with the crimes of....

the powerful minority

Crime is defined to serve whos interests?

the powerful minority, rather than the powerless majority

What kind of crimes were becoming more evident?

white colar crimes and crimes of the powerful